The comments at the Examiner site are not very flattering to the police. I believe we are close to the time when the police are going to be viewed as the enemy rather than ‘Officer Friendly the beat Cop’ by the majority of the population.

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posted on 09/19/2011 6:46:36 PM PDT
by The Working Man
(The mantra for BO's reign...."No Child Left a Dime")

yeah... I think we’re there. A criminal has never hurt my family. But through fines from various things, the police have lessened the amount of money I can spend on my family. So I don’t look very fondly on that particular gang.

Didn’t the incident at Ruby Ridge start out like this? US Marshalls snooping around in the bushes shot the Weaver’s dog and Randy’s son shot one of the marshalls, and was himself shot in the back by another marshall.

You are right, not enough facts here. I think far too many cops are shooting dogs when they don’t have to, but I gotta tell you that is a pit is growling at me, I might shoot too. I’m a dog lover, but no fan of pits.

... it’s a murder “freebie” /// the cops get to shoot and kill something “live,” get to watch it die without any legal repercussions ... get to brag and boast to each other ...
stuff like, “any effin dog comes near me barking or growling i’m going to blow it’s effin head off.” Some of them are just waiting for some deranged person or innocent barking dog to “make their day.” Signed, ex-police science major.

I know that it has happened at least one time and I think it’s going to happen again, and I will not feel sorry one bit for the officer who brings it on himself. I have reference to a dog owner blowing away a policeman who shoots his dog.

If the police departments would fire some of their trigger-happy force members who kill citizens’ dogs this will come to an end, but—and correct me if I’m wrong—it has yet to happen.

It would seem that these incidents are happening too often. My guess is that the NAZI Stormtropper academies across the country which indoctrinate these Gestapo types, they are taught to blow away a dog if there is any QUESTION of their personal security - and they are doing so.

The cops have definitely crossed the line far too often and we have allowed ourselves to be turned into a quasi-military police state. We have too many law-enforcement personnel - too many local cops, state cops, ATF, DEA, County Cops, TSA, Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, etc, etc. This is insane and these are the fruits of it.

That’s nice. But too many of these cops have become just another collection of union guys looking for higher pay, promotions and perks instead of people with a decent interest in the communities in which they serve.

We DO need civilian review boards. We can’t trust them to police their own any more.

Know what bothers me where I live? Not much else except the big hoo-hah made every time a policeman from the AREA dies. Even when the man was retired.

Here, they all must have a giant funeral where they are all buried at the same cemetery. The funeral procession literally officially SHUTS DOWN whatever road they are on - usually including our beltway. So as if the beltway isn’t enough trouble, whole sections are closed so this high&mighty procession (you know, ALL police must go to the funeral even if the man worked at Mayberry 75mi away from the big city and hardly anyone knows him) can be unaffected by traffic.

If a dog -- ANY dog is growling at you, that is your warning. You can retreat at that point. If the dog is charging you, that's different. But if you happened on his turf, he growls, you retreat, everybody goes home and gets a belly rub. The dog gave him a warning, the cop killed the dog. The cop is a moron. And I'm not a pit bull fan either, but killing a dog that only growled at you is just a stupid person, cop or not.

Well let me say that I’m not a cop and I’m not going to invade a pit bull’s turf. I’m also not fast enough to outrun the pit if it came to that. I may or may not shoot, depending on the exact circumstances, but I don’t and won’t trust a pit and there’s a good chance he’s not going to get the benefit of doubt from me.

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